Aminolevulinic acid delta at UPMC Jameson

1211 Wilmington Avenue, New Castle, PA · UPMC · · NPI 111471575

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 6, 2026 · Ingested Aug 13, 2026

$121.20

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$202.00

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$13.20 with UPMC Health Plan vs $177.76 with National Provider Network — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $13.20 ↓ -89%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $13.56 ↓ -89%
Aetna Medicaid $13.56 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA CHIP/PA Medicaid $13.80 ↓ -89%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $16.26 ↓ -87%
Aetna of PA Medicare $16.45 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Medicare $16.45 ↓ -86%
Occunet Commercial $16.45 ↓ -86%
Humana Medicare $16.45 ↓ -86%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $16.45 ↓ -86%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $17.14 ↓ -86%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/Partners/Select $17.18 ↓ -86%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $17.76 ↓ -85%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $17.77 ↓ -85%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $17.77 ↓ -85%
Cigna Medicare $17.77 ↓ -85%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $20.45 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Commercial $23.00 ↓ -81%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $32.37 ↓ -73%
Cigna Commercial $42.71 ↓ -65%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $51.50 ↓ -58%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $83.55 ↓ -31%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $151.50 ↑ +25%
Humana Commercial $161.60 ↑ +33%
National Provider Network PPO $177.76 ↑ +47%

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Aminolevulinic acid delta at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $178.80 $12.00 – $238.40
UPMC Bedford Everett $192.60 $5.94 – $288.90
UPMC Cole Coudersport $112.20 $10.69 – $149.60
UPMC East Monroeville $173.40 $12.00 – $231.20
UPMC Hamot Erie $193.20 $12.00 – $31.80
UPMC Northwest Seneca $108.60 $13.20 – $17.77
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $121.20 $12.00 – $30.87
UPMC Kane Kane $221.40 $13.20 – $71.00

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